Sales device



J. W. HOODWIN.

sA'LEs DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 91 1920.

Patented Apr. 12, 1921.

JOSEPH HOODWIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOTS.

SALES DEVICE.

To all it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH W. Hoonwnr,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sales Devices, *of which the following is a specification.

My inventlon relates to an improved sales device in the form of a card from which sections are adapted to be pulled, which sections have information printed on their rear sides.

My invention may be considered an improvement over devices known as ,punchboards. In such devices paper strips are folded up into pellets and inserted in pockets provided in a board, paper bein then applied to the front and rear faces 0 the board to inclose the pockets, and a punch device is provided by means of which the pellets can be punched or ejected from the pockets. These devices being more or less complicated, and requiring an extra element in the form of a punch, are quite expensive to manufacture, and also take up considerable space as the board must be of sufiicient thick ness to provide large enough pockets. The shipping expense connected with the device is, therefore, considerable.

The device of my invention comprises an ordinary card of paper or other flexible ma terial from which sections are defined by cut lines which are continuous except for small tongues so that the sections can be readily pulled bodily from the card. The sections are printed on their backs to give the necessary information, and a thin piece of paper is secured against the back of the card to cover such information. The device can be inexpensively constructed and the cost of shipping is considerably reduced.

On the accompanying drawings the construction, arrangement and operation of my improved device is clearly shown.

Figure 1 is a plan view,

Fig. 2 is a rear view with part of the covering paper removed,

Fig. 3 is an edge view,

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view on plane 44, Fig. 1,

Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the sections pulled from the card.

The supporting member 1' is preferably in the form of a paper card. This card has a plurality of sections 2 defined by cut lines through the cards, such cut lines being con- Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented AprQ12, 1921.

Application filed April 9, 1920. Serialli'o. 372,568.

tinuous except for narrow sections or tongues 3, these sections or tongues being the only means for holding the sections 2 in place. One end of the section 2 is preferably semi-circular and between it and the body of the section is a heavy score or indentation 4 produced by pressure against the i front of the card. Such scoring enablesthesemi-circular end section to be used as a tongue or a tab 5 by means of which a hold may be obtained on the section 2. and said section readily pulled from the card after tearing ofthe tongues 3. By providing'the indentations ion the front side'of the card corresponding ridges 6 are formed. on the back of the card and this construction permits the tabs 5 to be readil raised into position into which they can e taken hold of, for when pressure 1s applied on a section 2 immediately to the right of the scoring when the card rests on a fiat surface, the tab will be swung upwardly to the position indicated in Fig. 4; in which position it can readily be taken holdof and the section 2 pulled from the card. Normally the tabs are flat, that is, entirely Within the plane of the card. 4

On the back of each of the pull sections 2 .is necessary. The tabs of the pull sections afford ample means for enabling the sections to be readily removed. After removal of a pull section it is turned over and the information on the back thereof can be readily read. The device can be inexpensively manufactured in the form of a comparatively thin card, and the packing and shippinfg thereof is very simple and inexpensive.

aving describe my invention I claim as follows:

1. A sales devicecomprising a card, sections of said card being defined by cut lines extending through the card, uncut sections of the card attaching the section to the card,

each section being transversely scored to form a ridge at the'back so the end of the section may be swung upwardly to form a tab by means of Whlch the section can be readily pulled from the card.

2. A sales device of the class described comprising a card .having a plurality of pockets, paper sections normally filling said pockets, means for detachably supporting said sections in said pockets, each section having a rearwardly obtruding ridge whereby the portion of the section on one side of the ridge may be swung outwardly from the plane of the card by applying pressure to the section on the other side of the ridge.

3. A sales device of the class described comprising a paper card having sections spaced therefrom by cut lines, said lines bein continuousexcept for narrow tongues whic normally support the sections within the plane of the card, one end of'each section being rounded, each section having a transverse ridge formed near the rounded end of the section obtruding rearwardly whereby pressure on the section on the side opposite the rounded portion will cause the rounded end'of the section to be deflected out of the plane of the card to form a tab by means of which the section can be readily pulled from the card, and a layer of mate rial applied to the back of said card for normally covering the backs of the sections. In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 7th da of April, A. D. 1920.

' JOSE H W. HOODWIN. 

